Ethnography and Rural Health: Trajectories of Investigation in the Calchaquíes Valleys, Argentina

Authors

  • Carolina Remorini LABORATORIO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ETNOGRAFIA APLICADA, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA-CONICET http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0806-8635

    PhD in Natural Sciences and anthropologist from the National University of La Plata (UNLP). Associate researcher of the National Council for Scientific Research and Techniques (CONICET) and full professor at the Research Laboratory in Applied Ethnography (LINEA-FCNyM-UNLP). Conducts  ethnographic and interdisciplinary researches on processes of development and child health in indigenous and rural communities of Argentina. Her most recent publications as Co-author include: Children's skills, expectations and challenges facing changing environments. An Ethnographic study in Mbya Guarani communities (Argentina) (2016) and Spirituality and health: health problems during pregnancy and the puerperium and its consequences on the trajectories of women and children (Salta, Argentina) (2018). Email: cremorini@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
  • Laura Susana Teves LABORATORIO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ETNOGRAFIA APLICADA (LINEA), UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0806-4271

    PhD in Natural Sciences and anthropologist from the National University of La Plata (UNLP). Full professor and director of the Research Laboratory in  Applied Ethnography  (LINEA-FCNyM-UNLP). Consultant in Ethnography and Social Network Analysis (ARS). Conducts research on the processes of social organization in indigenous and urban populations of Argentina. Her most relevant publications as Co-author include: Ethnography as a Tool in Social Network Research (2014), The study of support networks in situations of environmental change. A theoretical methodological application with mixed methods (2017) and http://extension.unicen.edu.ar/jem/subir/uploads / 2018_414.pdf (2018). Email: lteves@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar
  • Lorena Pasarin LABORATORIO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ETNOGRAFIA APLICADA (LINEA), UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA- CONICET http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3864-7910

    PhD in Natural Sciences and anthropologist from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Museum-FCNyM, UNLP. Master's degree in Epidemiology, Management and Health Policies of the National University of Lanús. Member of the Laboratory for Research on Applied Ethnography-LINE, UNLP. She has developed her professional work in the urban and rural field, participating of researches and activities related to health and environment in contexts of social and environmental vulnerability using mixed methodologies and social network analysis. Among her most recent publications as a co-author can be mentioned: The study of support networks in situations of  environmental change, a theoretical-methodological application with mixed methods (2017) and Articulations and challenges in collaborative work between ethnographers and public health agents (Salta, Argentina) (2018). Email: lopasarin@gmail.com
  • María Laura Palermo LABORATORIO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ETNOGRAFIA APLICADA (LINEA), UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA- CONICET http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3036-0352

    Graduate in anthropology and student of the Doctorate Degree in Natural Sciences from the National University of La Plata (UNLP). Doctoral fellow  at the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET). Graduate assistant in the Ethnography I course (FCNyM-UNLP). Doctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Research in Applied Ethnography. In her doctoral thesis she analyzes the therapeutic itineraries of maternal and infant health in the Calchaquí Valleys (Salta, Argentina). Her publications as Co-author include: Maternal and Infant Health and Public Policies for Original peoples. Reflections from an ethnographic investigation (2015), “Mine… all scared! ” Child vulnerability and development trajectories in the Calchaquíes Salteños Valleys(2016). Email: mlaurapalermo@gmail.com

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18800/anthropologica.202001.011

Keywords:

Anthropology of Health, Argentina, community health, mixed methods, ethnography

Abstract

In this article, we contribute to the construction of a regional overview of Anthropology of Health research in Latin America through the analysis of our team’s trajectory, dedicated to the ethnographic study of health-illness-attention processes in rural communities from Molinos Department  (Salta, Argentina). We describe antecedents regarding classical approaches in the study of health and illness from a «medical folklore» perspective and the theoretical and methodological innovations that lead to successive transformations in our research object and the adoption of a transdisciplinary and transectoral approach. These innovations drive us to articulate several methodologies and data (ethnographic, relational, geospatial, epidemiological and demographic) in a mixed-methods design. Moreover, we reflect on how our research integrates local actors' and institutions’ demands and interests which led us to design collaborative projects to develop technological and social innovations oriented to optimize public health interventions.

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Published

2020-03-18

How to Cite

Remorini, C., Teves, L. S., Pasarin, L., & Palermo, M. L. (2020). Ethnography and Rural Health: Trajectories of Investigation in the Calchaquíes Valleys, Argentina. Anthropologica Del Departamento De Ciencias Sociales, 38(44), 267–296. https://doi.org/10.18800/anthropologica.202001.011

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 44 (2020): Medical and Health Anthropology: Contributions from the Global South

Section

Call for Papers: Body, sickness and health

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Copyright (c) 2020 CAROLINA REMORINI, LAURA SUSANA TEVES, LORENA PASARIN, MARIA LAURA PALERMO

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